Ron J Bahar, MD

I simply came to this website to look up Dr. Bahar’s phone number as I always forget to put it in my cell phone. I was shocked to see the 1 star reviews. How can this even be the same doctor? I’m shocked and disappointed. Dr. Bahar is my daughter’s Angel. We came to him when our situation was hopeless and my daughter was writhing in ¹⁰⁄₁₀ pain. He was the first to take her seriously, the first to diagnose, the first to give her a quality of life she deserved. He has continued to be the very best advocate for her, and a treating physician who is on call 24 hours a day. I can’t imagine life without Dr. Bahar, and neither can my 13 year old daughter, Maggie. She has been his patient now for more than 5 years and he has changed our lives. If you are in need of a GI that listens to his patients, supports his patients, provides top of the line care and is available ²⁴⁄₇ for emergencies, this guy is your man. If I could give him 10 stars, I would. These other reviews are nuts! You won’t find a more professional, hard working, motivated and intelligent doctor!

Hands down the worst «Doctor» I have ever been in contact with. My wife and I brought my two sons, ages 19 months and 5 months for an exam after being referred by Valencia Pediatrics. He comes into the exam room with saggy jeans and tennis shoes like he was coming in as a patient. He barely introduces himself and gets right to the purpose of the visit. His demeanor was very obvious and showed that we were inconveniencing him. He showed no interest in hearing about the troubles our two boys were going through, etc. During the visit he glanced down at his watch which showed me he wanted and/​or needed to be elsewhere. He ended the visit and we were more confused and concerned than how we started. A couple of minutes later, I left the exam room in search of his personal office so I can gather more information, etc. I located his office and was caught of guard when I saw he was lounging in his nice office chair on his computer listening to techno music. A Nurse walks in and drops off a Starbucks bag. What I experienced made it very clear why he was showing signs of needing to go during our visit. He truly was unprofessional and should not be a part of the Medical profession.
Long story short, when you are in need of medical attention and/​or advice, you want to go to a human being that is not in the medical field for the money or status, you want to go to a human being that is taking the position to help others and dedicate his or her time to make sure their patient becomes healthy again and walks out of their office with the understanding of why they were there in the first place. You don’t want to leave the office more concerned or confused. This is how we felt when we left with our young children.
I would never return to Ron Bahar’s office again nor do I recommend any of you reading this post. Take your medical insurance or personal money elsewhere! I HIGHLY RECOMMEND DR. DALLALZADEH WHO IS IN THE SAME AREA! DR. D. IS A TRUE DOCTOR AND IS COMPASSIONATE AND TAKES THE TIME TO HELP HIS PATIENTS. We were in Ron Bahar’s office for approx. 25 min from the lobby check in to leaving the door. We were in DR DALLALZADEH’S office for approx. 2 hours from start to finish and believe it or not its not because we waited to be seen… we were seen within 15 min from initially getting there!
RON BAHAR IS A TERRIBLE DOCTOR! BEWARE!

If I could give zero stars I absolutely would. Dr. Bahar is the WORST. He has a horrible bedside manner, is completely patronizing, and gives you about 4 minutes of his time. He doesn’t hear you as a parent at all, and speaks to you as if you were the dumbest human being he’s ever come across. I could handle all of this if he was a good physician, but he completely misdiagnosed my daughter and put us through dozens of referrals only to confirm he was wrong and I was right. Waste of my time, energy, money, and more importantly putting a 6 month old baby through countless tests that were completely fruitless.

I wish I could choose zero stars. My infant son (currently 9.5 weeks) saw Dr. Bahar on 8−19−15. At this point, my son had been suffering from severe violent vomiting/​reflux/​colic like symptoms for over 5 weeks. He was not gaining weight and seemed in constant pain. Dr. Bahar was extremely brief in his assessment of him. I felt we were being rushed through the appointment and not treated as an individual. I had done extensive research on infant vomiting and reflux. I asked Dr. Bahar if it could be Pyloric Stenosis and if we should do an ultrasound, as this condition matched many of my son’s symptoms. My concerns were brushed off, and I was told that an ultrasound was not necessary. He concluded from a swap of his rectum — Not even a proper stool sample as his staff neglected to tell me to bring one — that my son had a milk protein allergy and told us to switch to Nutramigen. He probably tells this to 90% of his patients. I ended up switching to his associate Dr. Collins because his condition worsened, and I didn’t trust Dr. Bahar. A whole MONTH later, after I begged Dr. Collins for an ultrasound for the second time (third overall), it was finally confirmed that my son did have Pyloric Stenosis and he was immediately admitted to surgery. Both Dr. Bahar and Dr. Collins need to let go of their giant EGOS. My son suffered and his health deteriorated because they refused my request for an ultrasound at every single appointment at their practice. As «experts» they just didn’t think he could possibly have PS. It’s an ultrasound, what is the big deal??? My son could have been feeling better and thriving a month ago if they would have just opened their minds that not all babies and illnesses are the exact same. Instead, they treated me with disrespect as if I was some over-​reacting first time parent. Thank god I advocated for my son and demanded an ultrasound at that last appointment — Who knows how much longer my son would have suffered in their care.

We super duper loved everything about our experience with Dr Bahar. Not only did he solve a problem our 7 year old has been dealing with for years but calmed her fears and rebuilt her confidence with the issue. He is calm and not a coddler but that seems to reduce the alarmist feeling kids sometimes get dealing with something difficult. Additionally I emailed him on a Friday night with questions after our first visit and he responded within 15 minutes. I was blown away with his strategy, service, and chill attitude.

Wait was a bit long, but Dr Ron has a great sense of humor and very knowledgeable, and staff was great.

Dr. Bahar was referred to us by our pediatrician Dr. Boxstein. He examined my 14 old son.
He was pretty thorough.
Ordered labs, and an ultrasound all in the 1^st appt.
Office staff is extremely professional.
Office wait time not bad at all.
Small office.
Bedside manner: quick and to the point. Listens and types.
Good at calling back promptly.

Worst doctor of all time. Did an endoscopy and said results were perfect… I had an abnormal esophagus with paralyzed muscles and no ability to perform peristalsis. Completely misdiagnosed me and led to years living with a disease that became almost fatal. My other doctors believe he should be reported.

Update for Insurance! Dr Bahar now takes Blue Cross/​Blue Shield! Yay!
Still a great doctor and works with you to find the best solution to your gastro needs.

I’d give this doctor 10 stars if I could! My 1.5 month old niece was referred to Dr. Bahar for having really bad acid reflux. And we are so grateful to have found him! The staff is extremely nice. They were booked and they worked it out so that he could see her the following day. He has a very «gentle hand» with the babies. He gave her the proper medicine, changed her formula, ordered an ultrasound. The ultrasound was in the morning and on thesame afternoon he PERSONALLY called us to deliver the good news. Not very many doctors do that. They usually have their nurses do it. Today was our follow-​up. She is doing excellent-​thanks to him! He’s just an amazing doctor. We paid cash every time and he isn’t cheap but he isn’t ridiculously expensive. He makes up for it with all the samples he hands out his patients. I believe «you get what you pay for». I will definitely refer him to all my friends with little ones.

WTF! Well we were referred to him via our pediatrician when we called to setup appt. They said we would be out of network and would face an upfront $ 350 fee and $ 175 ea. additional and they would bill our ins to try to get us reimbursed. We ended up going to another GI Dr. Susan Edelstein in BH.
Fast forward 2 days later we get a call from his office, saying that they assumed we cancel our appt. Because we were out of network, they were right. Well all of a sudden they are now in network. Very, very shady!

I brought my 7 years old daughter to see Dr. Bahar in April and she was diagnosed with proctitis. The way Dr. Bahar cared for my daughter was precious. We’re Brazilians and I’ve been a pharmaceutical sales rep in Brazil and Miami. But I never had a doctor with such professionalism and a heart like his. He was always on call and was able to call us after 3 o’clock just to follow her recovery. He might no be that kind of doctor that spend hours with you in the office, but he stays enough. We don’t need a baby sitter but a doctor, so he was good enough to cure my daughter.
He’s not the most expense doctor in town, you can even negotiate a price with him, but of course, he needs to pay his rent and his wonderful employees who were always there for me. For one time I felt like they were my family.
I recommend anybody in the world to be treated with Dr. Bahar.

A zero star rating would be my rating of choice. He is listed as my insurance provider and he charged a cash fee of $ 325 upfront. He saw my baby for less than 7 minutes and stated he can give my 9 day old infant a colonoscopy to confirm cow’s milk and soy allergy (something already diagnosed by my regular ped). He has the worst bed side manner. He is so infamous of his practice that when I called a different ped’s GI dr and explained to the receptionist of my having been seen by a different specialist she asked if I had taken my baby to Dr. Bahar and that she gets calls of this same nature frequently.